The world's most colorful moths can even rival the beauty of butterflies — but these marvelous designs are also crucial to ...

These enormous moths are nature’s masterpieces. Learn which species are the largest and what makes each one so extraordinary.

Dutch civil service pension fund ABP has sold its shares in US machine maker Caterpillar, a stake valued at some €387 million, broadcaster NOS said on Wednesday. Caterpillar has been under ...

Most people recognize the brown-and-black striped woolly bear caterpillars crawling around these days, but late summer and early fall bring out more than one species of furry crawlers. Among the ...

What initially appears to be a confusing video of a moth-hummingbird hybrid creature is actually a perfect excuse for us to explain an intriguing evolutionary phenomenon. The creature is the ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The state’s park department says they are experiencing an outbreak of Douglas-fir tussock moth caterpillars at Hyde Memorial State Park in Santa Fe. These caterpillars carry ...

Here’s a new detail of how a real-life Cordyceps fungus zombifies still-living animals: Crashing their “blood sugar.” That’s a recently discovered bit of science related to the zombie-apocalypse video ...

Did you know that more people die from caterpillars than sharks, lions, and bears combined every year? Coyote, Mario, Trent and Jim venture deep into the Costa Rican wilderness again to illustrate ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says the spongy moth population has dropped in recent years, but the state isn’t in the clear. The invasive pests are still ...

Ryan St Laurent receives funding from the National Science Foundation (no active grants). Some scientific publications referenced in this article were coauthored by Ryan or by his other collaborators.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two moths the size of a hand, their wings patterned with brown and pink around four translucent sections, mate for hours hanging from a line alongside cocoons like the ones they ...